Looking to learn more about AI during Portland Startup Week 2026…? You're in luck. siliconflorist.com/2026/05/06/y...

dang, great turnout at @pdx.atproto.camp tonight. @brittanyellich.com giving an intro to atproto

This popped to mind today www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWIl...

Interested in starting a cleantech company…? Latino Founders has a bootcamp to get you started off on the right foot siliconflorist.com/2026/05/05/a...

How does today's Panthalassa news stack up against other Oregon startup fundraising I've covered over the past 18+ years…? Great question. And I'm glad you asked. Because I had no idea either. But that's why I write things down. siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/h...

Over the last year or so, every single person I asked — to a person — about the most underrated startup in Portland had the exact same answer: Panthalassa. (And now, I actually have an excuse the finish the draft post I had been sitting on 😅) siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/q...

Have you started planning your calendar for Portland Startup Week 2026…? siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/p...

If you — like me — get stressed about every single news story about the Strait of Hormuz, then I invite you to adopt my coping mechanism. Ready…? Here we go. "Look! There's that island that looks like a dolphin!" 🐬 You're welcome.

It's a "way more" kind of week. What's that…? Oh. Oh I see. youtu.be/ng36jhDGztM

And just like that… shop for a new office chair was just added to the task list for the weekend

On what actually predicts YC startup success jaredheyman.medium.com/on-what-actu...

"Let’s begin with AI sycophancy’s epistemic harms: how it hurts human users’ capacity to know the truth." theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-...

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: Spork Bytes is the most elegant way to feed your startup team while supporting a fellow startup while supporting local restaurants. (Okay. I've probably never actually said it that way, but you get the gist.) siliconflorist.com/2026/04/30/n...

You've already started working on your schedule for Portland Startup Week 2026 right…? siliconflorist.com/2026/04/30/p...

Just a quick reminder that ticket prices increase sooooooooon for Seattle Flow's Startup Day 2026 siliconflorist.com/2026/04/29/r...

Do you ever get a text with a video and can't tell if it's the most targeted ad ever, or your partner sharing his work bc the product's on your secret family Christmas list, or bc the founder's vibe is just right? Or? Just me? youtu.be/UfdhrLhx-Lw @turoczy.bsky.social @siliconflorist.com

Great catching up with David Bynum to learn more about the inspiration behind Switchkraft youtu.be/UfdhrLhx-Lw

Roxxem, Immunocombinex, and Flowmind took the top honors at the annual TiE Oregon Westside Pitch competition. siliconflorist.com/2026/04/28/r...

Confirmed: Portland is getting @waymo.bsky.social siliconflorist.com/2026/04/28/w...

The earliest DOS source code was found on printer paper in Tim Paterson's garage so we've open sourced it on 86-DOS 1.00’s 45th anniversary! This is next-level software archaeology for preservation, and plain ol’ curiosity. #DOS #RetroComputing opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04...

If we’re going to fucking pay for it can we please call it the fucking Rose Garden…?

Thanks for the heads up

Just a quick reminder that there's a virtual fireside chat with Eric Ries and Brad Feld, this week. www.meetup.com/pie-portland...

the hardest part of building a moat that no one tells you about? it’s the pH balance otherwise you end up with an algae bloom and the water looks all green and gross

Thank you @mrlovenstein.bsky.social. I feel seen.

Still battling hay fever, but there's startup news to share youtu.be/QBhHtlhzcPI

Intel shares up 24% this morning, trading above $80. The chipmaker isn't benefitting -- yet -- from its new manufacturing technology or from finding outside customers for its fabs (which it still doesn't have). Intel's boost comes from resurgent demand for a fairly conventional technology, CPUs.

Did you hear…? The World Cup is coming to Portland. No, not *THAT* World Cup, silly. The Startup World Cup. siliconflorist.com/2026/04/23/w...

I can’t imagine paying your property taxes and doing everything you can to find tenants only to have elected leaders threaten you with a new tax without ever discussing with you 😔 www.wweek.com/news/2026/04...

8000 folks on the Portland Startups Slack. I mean, a bunch of them are zombie accounts 🧟 But still. Celebrating those small wins. Come hang out. Zombie or otherwise. siliconflorist.com/2026/04/22/s...

I talk about this all of the time. Like weekly. So I finally wrote it down. For posterity. Or for sharing or whatever. So if you've ever found yourself asking, "Why isn't there more risk tolerant early stage capital in Oregon…?" this is my response. siliconflorist.com/2026/04/22/t...

Even with a typo on slide 13 @kestra.io medium.com/p/how-kestra...

New post. The Clash, imposter syndrome, and my autistic brain walk into a bar… camikaos.com/2026/04/21/h...

When someone else's AI confuses OSU for Oregon State and I ask my AI and it's like "Dumbasses…" then I feel like I'm making progress.

The best part of the Portland City Council meeting is the amazing remix they threw together today

Eight years ago, today, I was given the opportunity to stand up in front of thousands of people and share a little bit of advice. Eight years ago. Wow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj98...

A little nightmare fuel to start your day www.wsj.com/tech/chinese...

How an end credits easter egg keeps @panic.com’s inbox full of interesting physical mail siliconflorist.com/2026/04/21/h...

Come hang out on 5/5 to learn and chat about ATProto in Portland, AND potentially win a free ticket to @cascadiajs.com 👀👀

German industrial giant Siemens is selling off most of the old Mentor Graphics campus in Wilsonville, consolidating into a single building and closing the on-site daycare. Parents are scrambling because they were given little more than three months to find alternatives for their kids.

The next cohort of the Oregon UAS Accelerator will be pitching this week siliconflorist.com/2026/04/20/1...

What's that…? The amount of venture capital invested in Portland hit a ten year low…? youtu.be/2_v8YGs4YMI

time for a municipal venture capital fund

Call me contrarian. (No really. Go ahead and do it. I'll wait…) But the low VC numbers in Portland smell like opportunity to me. (And thanks to Malia Spencer at Portland Business Journal for the inspirational analysis.) siliconflorist.com/2026/04/17/p...

Couldn’t tag @geekwire.com on desktop. Trying on mobile.

Another signal Intel may (finally) be getting close on its foundry efforts.

PIE alum mpathic is up for GeekWire Startup of the Year. Voting closes today. So if you have a spare upvote laying around maybe consider throwing on the mpathic pile. www.geekwire.com/2026/geekwir...

@turoczy.bsky.social talks to Susan Bladholm of Frog Ferry about the proposal to establish a ferry across the Willamette (and other topics). #pdx #frogferry

Into Rust…? The crew from @tokio.rs will be hosting the inaugural @tokioconf.com next week in Portland siliconflorist.com/2026/04/15/n...

Nothing like Meetup spammers to remind me to which groups I belong